For City Council Meeting January 14, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: G. Michael Milhiser, Interim City Manager
AUTHOR: Cynthia Alvarado, Director of Parks, Recreation & Community Services
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Request City Council To Set A Public Hearing For February 25, 2025, To Consider And Approve Substantial Amendment No. 8 Revising Budget Amounts To CDBG-CV Activities Within The City's 2020-2021 Annual Action Plan.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council Set A Public Hearing For February 25, 2025, To Consider And Approve Substantial Amendment No. 8 Revising Budget Amounts To CDBG-CV Activities Within The City's 2020-2021 Annual Action Plan.
BACKGROUND
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the "CARES Act"), which appropriates nearly $2 trillion nationwide for COVID-19 pandemic relief funding. $5 billion of these CARES Act funds, referred to in this report as CDBG-CV funds, were appropriated to the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) to assist state and local governments in their COVID-19 response.
This substantial amendment No. 8 will account for the revision of proposed budgets to be carried out with the City's CDBG-CV funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); totaling $1,339,584. The CDBG Ad-Hoc Committee will provide funding recommendations at their next public meeting for inclusion in the Draft Substantial Amendment which will be made available for review and consideration during the anticipated 30-day public comment period between January 24, 2025, through February 25, 2025.
CDBG CARES Funding Background
The CDBG program is a federally funded program of HUD that provides funding for housing, community facilities, and public services. On April 2, 2020, HUD announced the allocation of the first $2 billion in CARES Act funding for current CDBG grantees. The CARES Act builds on features of the existing CDB...
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